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nnvwn FOR PRDTECTING BURNING ENDS 0F CIGARS. No 577,624. Patented Feb.23, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSKAR ROOI-IOLL, OF soHoNEBERo, GERMANY.

DEVICE FOR PROTECTING BURNING ENDS OF CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,624, dated February23, 1897. Application filed February 11, 1896. Serial No. 578,922. (Nomodel.) Patented in Germany November 20, 1895, No. 86,464.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSKAR ROOHOLL, asubject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, and a resident of Schoneberg, Berlin, in the Province ofBrandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented a Devicefor Protecting the Burning Ends of Cigars, (for which Letters Patenthave been obtained in Germany, No. 86,464, dated November-20, 1895,) ofwhich the following is an exact specification.

This invention refers to a device for protecting the burning ends ofcigars, and is intended to be used in rainy weather for preventing thecigar from being extinguished, as well as (apart from the weather) forbeing enabled to put a burning cigar away into a pocket without fear ofinjuring the same.

In order to make the invention more clear, reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which similar letters throughout the severalviews indicate like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side View of mydevice. Fig. 3 is an end View showing the parts as if regarded fromabove with respect to Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig.4c is a View of the other end, showing the parts as if regarded frombelow with regard to Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section takenon line 6 7 of Fig. 2.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide a cup at, having aninternal diameter somewhat exceeding the diameter of a cigar, and Iprovide said cup at one end with a bottom, preferably of hemisphericalor similar shape. I then attach to the said cup at 0 two double-armedlevers 1), arranged one diametrically opposite to the other and lyingparallel to the longitudinal axis of the cup. Those ends I) of saidlevers that extend beyond the open end of said cup are somewhat bentinward over the edge of the said cup without, however, entering thelatter. Said projecting ends I) are broadened, and said broadened partsare curved so as to correspond to the curvature of the exterior surfaceof a cigar of normal size. The other ends of the said levers areelongated beyond the closed end of the cup at and extend considerablymore over this end than do the aforementioned ends b with regard to theopen end of said cup. Said elongated ends are shaped so as to formhandles, and are'furnished with springs 19 that constantly tend to pressthe ends 6 against the cigar. Said springs may, if desired, be made inone piece with the levers, and I prefer to let them extend from therespective ends of said levers b in the direction of the cup 0t, (2'.e., to the closed end of said cup.) The ends proper of said springs mayabut one against the other.

To use my device,the broadened and curved ends of the levers are movedaway from each other by means of a pressure upon the handles of saidlevers, and the cup aforementioned is then put upon the burning end ofthe cigar, or the latter is, with its burning end, put into said cup,care being taken that (provided the device be intended to protect theburning cigar against being extinguished by rain or storm) the bottom ofthe said cup does not touch the bottom of the latter. This may be thecase if the cigar is to be extinguished, but I prefer thefirst-mentioned manner of use, as said bottom, owing to the airremaining between the latter and the burning end of the cigar, is thenprevented from becoming unduly hot.

Having now described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is- I 1. In a device for protecting theburning ends of cigars, the combination with a cup closed at one end, oflevers pivotally secured intermediate their ends to the cup and beingarranged diametrically opposite each other andparallel with thelongitudinal axis of the cup, one end of each of said levers projectingbeyond the open end of the cup and being adapted to grasp a cigar, andthe other end of each lever projecting beyond the closed end of the cupand forming handles, and means for normally pressing said latter ends ofthe levers apart for the purpose specified.

2. In a device for protecting the burning ends of cigars, thecombination with a cup closed at one end, of levers pivotally securedintermediate their ends to the cup and being arranged diametricallyopposite each other and parallel with the longitudinal axis of the cup,one end of each of said levers projecting beyond the open end of the cupand be- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing adapted to grasp acigar, and the other name to this specification in the presence of endof each lever projecting beyond the closed two subscribing witnesses.

end of the cup and forming handles, and be- OSKAR ROOHOLL. 5 ing alsobent to form inwardly-projecting Witnesses:

abutting spring portions for the purpose speci- W. HAUPT,

fied. H. IIAsPER.

